Split with regex
fname = Foo
lname = Bar
email=foo@bar.com
import sys
import re
# data: field_value_pairs.txt
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
exit(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} filename")
filename = sys.argv[1]
with open(filename) as fh:
for line in fh:
line = line.rstrip("\n")
field, value = re.split(r'\s*=\s*', line)
print(f"{value}={field}")
Foo=fname
Bar=lname
foo@bar.com=email